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YakChat Messaging
Communication has never been this easy
YakChat Messaging App: Business texting simplified
We believe that messaging should be simple – but infused with a touch of awesome! That's why our Messaging App is incredibly intuitive. If you know how to text, you're already a pro at using our app.
Yet, importantly, YakChat's message app is packed with easy-to-use features and transitions smoothly between your desktop and mobile, ensuring you’re connected wherever you go.
By blending user-friendly design with cutting-edge functionality, our app redefines your communication experience, setting a new standard for effortless connection.
Flexible inbox options
Empowering you to leverage SMS for wider reach and instant impact
Personal SMS inbox
Done with using your private mobile number for work-related texts? Our Personal SMS Inbox offers a dedicated number exclusively for your professional messages. That way, you can maintain the privacy of your private number and ditch costly mobile plans.
Shared SMS inbox
Text-enable your business or departmental number with a shared inbox. Any team member can then send, receive, and respond to texts and access both their messages and those of others.
Multiple SMS inboxes
In addition to having a Personal Inbox, you can join numerous Shared Inboxes. Then you can send and receive text messages across multiple numbers and effortlessly keep up-to-date with every conversation.
Inbox management
Managing your conversations
Easy Message Management
Instantly view the number of unread messages in your inboxes and toggle read messages to unread for later review. Conversations can be closed for a tidy inbox but will auto-reopen if a new message arrives.
Simple conversation filter
Enjoy inbox mastery with our conversation filter. Display unread or unanswered messages, and in shared inboxes, spot conversations that are unassigned or assigned to other team members.
Effortless message assignment
With a Shared Inbox it’s easy to assign messages to specific team members. Then everyone can see their own conversations but still view and respond to messages, or re-assign them to others.
Text Translation
Communicate in 130 languages
Send messages to your contacts in their native language and have their replies translated into yours. With our translation capabilities spanning an impressive 130 different languages, the world is truly at your fingertips!
Message Broadcast
Share texts with multiple contacts
Share your texts with up to 50 recipients while keeping their privacy intact! Your phone number is the only one they'll see, and every reply is directed back to you. Adding contacts is easy: simply paste them from a spreadsheet or add them from your contacts.
MFA
Receive SMS 2fa/OTP codes
With our Shared Inbox, your team can instantly receive critical passcodes from your business systems. Offering a secure and hassle-free authentication solution, it’s an ideal choice for remote and mobile teams.
MMS Group Chat
Collaborate with Group Chat
Accelerate decision-making and teamwork with MMS Group Chat. Share text and images with up to 10 people simultaneously, and have responses shared instantly with the group.
Contact management
Save and share contacts
Enhance your SMS experience by saving your contacts’ details so their names are always visible in your chats. Simply import your current contacts or add a new person’s details instantly from their message. With YakChat, you can effortlessly centralize all your contacts, organize them into groups, and share them easily with others.
Microsoft contacts
Effortlessly connect with your Microsoft 365 network
Instantly connect with your contacts in Microsoft Outlook, SharePoint, or with colleagues listed in your company's Active Directory.
With a direct, Microsoft-secured connection to your contacts, YakChat ensures real-time availability as soon as a new contact is added. You don’t have to synchronize, and your contact data remains securely and exclusively within your Microsoft tenant environment.
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Surpassing TEXTpectation with every feature!
Ensuring security and compliance
Whether you’re knee-deep in Microsoft Teams or Webex, immersed in other apps, or out-and-about with your mobile device, YakChat alerts you instantly to every incoming message, keeping you in the loop and ready to respond in real-time.
Contact Manager
Text contacts from your Outlook, company directory, SharePoint, or imported lists. Centrally manage conversations without external data sync or storage worries.
Microsoft Secure Access
Accessing YakChat is easy and secure with Microsoft Teams SSO and Entra ID. No more memorizing multiple credentials or reusing passwords: One click, and you're in.
Flexible Inbox Options
Private chats or team messaging? Use a Personal Inbox with a dedicated number for your private, 1-on-1 chats, and a Shared Inbox with a shared number for teams to manage SMS from a unified number.
Group Chat
For truly collaborative conversations, text multiple people simultaneously and have responses shared instantly with the group.e.
Multimedia Messaging (MMS)
Infuse your chats with multiple visuals, photos, and a variety of attachments, including PDFs. Break free from text-only messaging and embrace the power of multimedia.
Virtual Number
Need a virtual number in your area code or country? No problem. Text from your desktop or mobile and keep your personal number private.
Bring Your Own Number
Use your own business number for both calls and SMS. That way your contacts always know who's texting and they can reply as they prefer.
Messaging Archive
Archive your SMS messages easily to guarantee regulatory compliance and safeguard those crucial conversations.
